New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, January 19, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 6–4 on Tuesday, January 19, 1988 at Capital Centre.
Mike Gartner scored twice, Michal Pivonka scored twice and Pat Verbeek scored twice. John MacLean, Yvon Corriveau, Dave Christian and Kirk Muller also scored.
Pete Peeters made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
John MacLean (8)Claude Loiselle (13)1–000:48 NJD
Mike Gartner (29)Scott Stevens (38)1–110:11 WSH
Michal Pivonka (4)Kelly Miller (9), Scott Stevens (39)1–215:00 WSH- Mike Gartner (30)Dale Hunter (20), Larry Murphy (38)1–315:51 WSH ·
2nd period
- Michal Pivonka (5)Kelly Miller (10), Mike Ridley (12)1–402:40 WSH
Pat Verbeek (27)Kirk Muller (31), Aaron Broten (32)2–405:32 NJD · - Pat Verbeek (28)Kirk Muller (32)3–412:16 NJD
Yvon Corriveau (4)Mike Gartner (20), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (22)3–517:07 WSH
Dave Christian (21)Dale Hunter (21)3–618:54 WSH
3rd period
Kirk Muller (23)Aaron Broten (33), Tom Kurvers (11)4–604:45 NJD
Team stats
NJDWSH
3131
0%0%
1/21/4
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:02 into the first period
Brendan Shanahan · slashing2 min - 7:02 into the first period
Bill Houlder · slashing2 min - 15:42 into the first periodKen Daneyko · holding2 min
- 15:42 into the first periodKen Daneyko · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:10 into the second periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 7:23 into the second periodBrendan Shanahan · interference2 min
- 19:56 into the second periodPatrik Sundstrom · roughing2 min
- 19:56 into the second periodKelly Miller · roughing2 min
- 1:49 into the third periodJack O'Callahan · holding2 min
- 9:27 into the third periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · slashing2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodKelly Miller · high sticking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |